Han Seungchang

a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering

Han Seung-chang, a graduate student of Incheon National University (President Park Jong-tae), has been selected for the "2024 Overseas Training for Subsequent Generations of Science and Engineering" organized by the Korea Research Foundation.

As part of an academic research support project, the "post-doctoral overseas training" track is a project that encourages researchers with doctoral degrees to maintain continuity of research activities and improve the quality of research by providing opportunities to train at overseas research institutes. After a doctorate in science and engineering, he will carry out excellent research projects as a postdoctoral researcher at leading overseas universities.

After graduating from Incheon National University, Han Seung-chang went through a master's and doctoral integration course and participated in a number of national R&D projects supported by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and the Ministry of Science and ICT. In particular, he has conducted research on the phenomenon of liquefied metal embrittlement, a difficult issue in the steel and welding sector in the automobile industry with a joint research group at POSCO Steel Solution Research Institute.

With the selection of the project, Han Seung-chang will receive a total of 60 million won for a year until August 2025 after receiving his doctorate in August this year, and will continue his research on "local strain analysis by grain boundary segregation and identification of ultra-high strength steel grain deterioration behavior mechanisms" by utilizing advanced analysis techniques such as four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy (4D-STEM) and high energy radiation X-ray (Synchrotron High Energy XRD) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), one of the U.S. public Ivy League schools.

Professor Jeon Tae-sung (Machine Engineering Department), who has been guiding students, said, "I am very grateful that Han Seung-chang has a good opportunity to grow further as a researcher, and I expect him to show excellent research results as a new researcher in the future."